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A French woman on Wednesday slipped into the grounds of the French presidential palace to question Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about the fate of her sister missing in Japan.
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US officials announced Tuesday negotiations for separate trade agreements with Britain, the European Union and Japan as part of efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to rebalance global commerce.
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Japan on Monday announced a much anticipated sales tax hike in 2019 to address the nation's huge public debt, despite warnings it could hobble growth in the world's third-biggest economy.
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Shinzo Abe will pay the first visit to China by a Japanese prime minister since 2011 later this month, Beijing announced Friday, in the latest sign of warming ties between the rivals.
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Japan on Friday unveiled a plan to attract more foreign blue-collar workers, as the world's number-three economy battles a crippling labour shortage caused by an ageing and shrinking population.
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For 83 years, the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo was a head-spinning hive of activity.
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A Japanese probe sent to examine an asteroid in order to shed light on the origins of the solar system will now land on the rock several months later than planned, officials said Thursday.
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The chief priest at Japan's controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo will quit after "highly inappropriate language" criticising the emperor was leaked to a magazine, the shrine said Thursday.The shrine, which honours 2.
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The cries of the raucous pre-dawn tuna auction rang out for the first time at Tokyo's new fish market Thursday, just days after the world-famous Tsukiji site closed the door on its 83-year history.
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The cries of the raucous pre-dawn tuna auction rang out for the first time at Tokyo's new fish market Thursday, just days after the world-famous Tsukiji market closed the door on an 83-year history.
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South Korea on Wednesday kicked off an international fleet review involving 13 nations, after Japan bowed out in protest at Seoul's demand it remove a controversial 'Rising Sun' naval flag from Tokyo's warship.
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Billionaire Japanese tycoon and future space tourist Yusaku Maezawa's training to go the moon should not be too tricky, he joked Tuesday, adding that he planned to use free time from his six-hour work day to squeeze it in.
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Japan would welcome Britain to the Pacific trade deal "with open arms" after Brexit, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said in an interview published on Monday.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday he believed North Korea's Kim Jong Un would soon meet with the leaders of China and Russia as part of an ongoing diplomatic effort to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Japan's military said Sunday one of its members was killed in a car crash in the Philippines during joint exercises with US and Filipino troops.
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Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous Tsukiji market relocates to a new site.
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American DJ David Morales was arrested early Sunday at a southern Japanese airport on suspicion of drug smuggling after a tiny quantity of ecstasy was allegedly found in his possession, police and local media said.
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It was three decades ago, but Kazuhiko Ochiai still remembers his first taste of cheese when he visited France, a palate pleaser that inspired the former researcher to start producing his own variety in Japan.
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Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said Sunday, after Washington's top diplomat held "productive" talks on denuclearisation with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped to make progress on denuclearisation and a second US-North Korean summit as he kicked off an Asian trip Saturday that will feature a meeting with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped to accelerate a second summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump as he kicked off an Asian trip Saturday featuring a meeting with North Korea's leader.
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Tokyo fishmongers gathered before dawn Saturday for one final tuna auction at the world-famous Tsukiji market before it closed its doors to move to a new site.
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Japanese car giant Toyota said Friday it is recalling more than 2.4 million hybrid cars over a fault that could cause crashes, just a month after another recall affecting hybrids.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads back this weekend to North Korea as the contours of a potentially historic deal begin to take shape, even if Kim Jong Un's regime publicly stays firm in demands.
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The Japanese city of Osaka has cut sister city ties with San Francisco over a statue in the US city memorialising women forced into sexual slavery.
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For decades, Tokyo's Tsukiji market has been the beating heart of a world-class culinary capital, supplying Michelin-starred chefs and drawing tourists who queue for hours to glimpse pre-dawn tuna auctions.
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A Japanese probe landed a new observation robot on an asteroid on Wednesday as it pursues a mission to shed light on the origins of the solar system.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will pay a fresh visit to North Korea on Sunday and meet leader Kim Jong Un to push forward denuclearization efforts, the State Department said.
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Bones discovered at the foot of the Matterhorn have been identified as the remains of a Japanese national who disappeared on the iconic mountain four years ago, Swiss police said Monday.
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Four people have been killed in a powerful typhoon that battered Japan over the weekend, local media reported Monday, as the storm's aftermath brought travel chaos to Tokyo.
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Tsunami, Pacific coast of Japan March 11, 2011. Photo taken March 24, 2011 Motoyan
Mount Sakurajima on May 29, 2015. Kyushu Danji
A cracked street in Yokohama, due to the quake in Japan HisashiToday
Giant kite crashes into crowd in Shiga, Japan. Screengrab via Kyodo News
Wireless 38-button control panel for a Japanese toilet. Normally, most buttons are behind the lid, shown here in its open position, so for normal operation the user has to choose only among 18 different buttons. Chris 73
Tactile Ground Surface Indicators. Long yellow line along the sidewalk in Sapporo, Japan.
Tactile Ground Surface Indicators. Yellow lines directing visually impaired people to the stairway down to the subway station or continuing on along the sidewalk, or to the bus stop.
A lineup of JR East Shinkansen trains during the 30th Anniversary of the Jōetsu Shinkansen at Niigata Shinkansen Rolling Stock Center
in 2012. Rsa
Cyndi Lauper for Dominos Pizza Japan commercial YouTube screen grab
Fukushima explosions taken from the air daveeza
A volcanic ash cloud moves over a group of hikers on Mount Ontake Screen Capture
The life-sized Kumamon and his now nationally ubiquitous image -- red cheeks and doughy physique -- are found on everything from pastries and keychains to airplanes and purses. The Red Phoenix
Rock band from Vancouver, 54-40, on stage of Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver during Ganbare Japan! benefit concert.
Bullet trains in Japan. Rsa
Sign in park in Fukushima City expresses apologies from city for declaring one-hour park-usage time limit due to radiation level on soil and equipment. Shin-Kenji
Protesters in Tokyo on Friday. Video screen capture
10 000 amateur chorus singers perform Ode to Joy Screen capture from video
N. Korea agrees to investigate Japanese abductions case. ARIRANG NEWS
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